Tosa Supports $7 Million State Plan to Phase Out WKCE Tests
Wauwatosa is already in line with proposal that would replace the current high school assessment system with a four-test ACT suite, given to high school students starting in 2014-15.
The Wisconsin Department of Instruction is hoping to usher in a new era of learning and assessment at every high school in the state, and Wauwatosa is on board. State Superintendent Tony Evers on Wednesday announced a proposal to replace the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination (WKCE) with a suite of ACT assessments to measure student learning and better prepare the state’s youth for post-secondary education careers. Wauwatosa School Superintendent Phil Ertl said, "It's a good thing." "We're close to doing that anyway – 70 percent of juniors are already taking the ACT. It's geared toward college readiness, and that's what we're about, that's where we want our students to be headed," Ertl said. Ertl said the ACT suite is a better …
jbw
2:29 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012
I remember the ACT test 20 years ago. They gave us a little pamphlet that explains the test format and told us over and over again that "this isn't a test you can study for". I watched all the other students work themselves into a frenzy spending hundreds of dollars and hundreds of hours on exam prep courses and materials. I reviewed the pamphlet and took the test. The thing that really stuck in … more ›